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Chicken Adobo and a Cookbook Review
One of my favorite parts about blogging is connecting with other like-minded bloggers, especially bloggers that live in the same area as I do. To that end, months ago I joined a facebook page for...
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Craft Day with my Grandma: Reusable Produce Bags
I've been getting crafty with my super-creative grandma again and this time we combined my love of food and crafts and made reusable produce bags. I was over at her house recently and saw that she'd...
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Slow Roasted Chicken from Nigella
I am a little embarrassed to admit this, but I cooked this way back in June (I know, JUNE) as part of the Nigella Lawson monthly cook-along and I'm just now getting around to posting it. Okay, make...
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Technique of the Week: Stonefruit Tarts
I have probably mentioned this before, but I am fortunate enough to have in-laws that live in the eastern half of Washington (the fruit growing capital of the PNW). This means that we get an annual...
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Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread with Blackberry Butter
Remember how I made whole wheat bread a couple months ago and it didn't rise so got made into homemade whole wheat croutons? Well, I tried a different recipe for whole wheat bread and this time it got...
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Technique of the Week: Frosting a Mirror
I recently had occasion to go through some authentically vintage items. My husband's grandmother passed away at the incredibly advanced age of one hundred. And two. She was something of a hoarder,...
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Pumpkin-blueberry cakes
If you were reading last December when I first started, you might remember that I cooked all of our Halloween pumpkins last year and froze the puree. Well, I have a confession to make, I still have a...
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Gold Leaf Pillows
No, not that kind of gold leaf. I mean leaves that are gold. My apologies if you were hoping for pillows covered in thinly hammered gold.When we moved into this house a couple years ago, I made the...
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(Spooooky) Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake
I don't know if I have mentioned it before or not, but I really, really like cheesecake. Sometimes I make baby muffin-size cakes and sometimes I make big cakes with cookie crusts, but it doesn't...
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Technique of the Week: Frameless Balloon Arch
When I throw a party, I like to have balloons outside to so people know where they're going and to get the fun started in the driveway. We threw a party for the boys recently and I figured I would try...
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Caramelized Apple Empanadas
Nothing says "autumn" like apples and when you're making things with apples, what's better than apple pie? Not much. And while I love a slice of warm, caramelized apples in flaky crust, maybe with a...
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Autumn Leaf Thankful Wreath
I may have mentioned this before, or maybe not, but fall is absolutely, hands-down, without a doubt my favorite time of year. Around here fall means rain, and I'm sure you're thinking "when does the...
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Peanut Butter Double Chocolate Cookies
It was just a matter of time until I made something like this. I mean, I've made no secret of my love of peanut butter and chocolate, and adding the cookie part is really a no-brainer. I based these...
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Sausage Kale Soup, Revisted
I originally posted this recipe last December and while I love the recipe, it has long bothered me that the pictures were so bad. I make the soup with some frequency and decided it was time to just...
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Craft Day: DIY Evergreen Wreaths
Two of the things I most look forward to about the holiday season are decorating with evergreens and the smell that comes from decorating with evergreens. I usually just head down to Costco after...
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Zucchini Noodles and Something New
I realized as I sat down to write this post about noodles that outside a recipe for a Thai noodle stir-fry, I have never done anything with pasta on this blog, which is kind of weird, as I love pasta....
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Fruity, Nutty Macaroons for the Blogger Cookie Swap
If you're a food blogger, then you have probably seen the cookie swap logo posted around the blogosphere and you know where I'm headed with this. Otherwise, let me tell you about an event that's been...
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Last-Minute Christmas Decor: Paper Covered Letters
Do you find yourself, just days away from Christmas, wishing that you had more decorations? Probably not. But just in case, here is a quick and easy project that you can start and finish the same...
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Last-Minute Christmas Decor: Fabric Scrap Trees
It's possible that you are sitting in front of your computer today reading this and thinking, "I'm ready for Christmas, but I would really like some more Christmas tree decorations to put out and it...
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Technique of the Week: Great Bokeh with Christmas Lights
Wait! Don't take down your Christmas tree yet! I know Christmas is over, but this is prime time for taking fun bokeh shots using the lights on your tree. Not sure what bokeh is? Technically it's the...
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